reasonable assumption
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreasonableandassumption
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reasonable
adjective
uk/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
based on or using good judgment and therefore fair ...
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assumption
noun
uk/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofreasonable assumption
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This is areasonableassumptionbecause individual trees serving as parents are usually selected randomly from natural populations.
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It is areasonableassumptionthe brain functions for speech are quite as complex as those for sight.
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That size is correlated to age is, in early pregnancy, areasonableassumption.
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It is areasonableassumptionthat in the long run, the volumes for the two directions are the same.
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Since many countries do both, it is very difficult to judge which is the mostreasonableassumption.
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This seems areasonableassumption, since the cyclotron term causes the most rapid variation of the phase, and the poloidal contribution is a small correction.
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And until this could be theoretically confirmed, it seems to be areasonableassumptionto use.
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The assumption that heat generated from processing is dumped to the surroundings only via thermal radiation is areasonableassumptionfor so-called planet-sized computers.
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Although this is areasonableassumptionto make, in our view it further undermines the seemingly clear-cut distinction between a perceptual and an action pathway.
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Areasonableassumptionwould that if only half the stars have planets, the search time will be reduced by roughly a factor of two.
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But at a cross-country level the onlyreasonableassumptionthat can be made at this juncture is that countries' current trade policy reflects their priorities.
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Moreover, this is areasonableassumptionfor an area that is suffering from neither acute widespread fuelwood shortages nor extensive deforestation.
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Areasonableassumptionon which to proceed is that second language acquisition involves a complex interplay of maturational and environmental factors of various kinds.
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This seems areasonableassumptionin the case of genetic test results, which are medically verifiable.
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This seems to be areasonableassumptionfrom the point of view of language design, although it might only be approximated in actual implementations.
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This appears to be areasonableassumptionfor (3.1)in three dimensions.
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This is areasonableassumptionfor the processes on the secular time scale we are interested in.
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This is areasonableassumptionprovided the plasma is not relativistically hot.
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Areasonableassumptionis that language plays a key role in making this possible.
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